In A Sea Of Homicide Stats, A Familiar Name — And A Heartbreaking Story

The homicide rate in Baltimore is now at its highest rate, surpassing the 1993 level. Here, balloons and candles mark the spot in the city where a man was shot in July.
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Open Cases: Why One-Third Of Murders In America Go Unresolved

Police officers take cover behind their vehicles in Moncton, New Brunswick, on Wednesday. Three police officers were shot dead and two others were injured in a shooting Wednesday night; Canadian police are searching for the suspected gunman.
Ron Ward via the Canadian Press/AP/Moncton Times & Transcript
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Los Angeles police officers take a break during a basketball game with residents of the Nickerson Gardens housing project in July 2011. Violent crime at Nickerson Gardens and two nearby housing projects has fallen by almost half since 2010.
Thomas Watkins/AP
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After Years Of Violence, L.A.'s Watts Sees Crime Subside

Homicide remains a leading cause of death for young people, even as rates drop. In Chicago, a teenage boy grieves next to a memorial where Ashley Hardmon, 19, was shot and killed on July 2. Gunmen fired while she was chatting with friends.
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A young neighbor watches as police respond to a double homicide in Flint, Mich., on June 30. Organizations including the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center are working to help young people choose non-violent solutions to conflict.
Michelle Tessier/MLIVE.COM /Landov
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